Me: "You said the salad was vegetarian."
Waiter: "It is vegetarian."
Me: "It has bacon on it."
Waiter: [blank stare]
And so it begins ... Sharon's search for good vegetarian food in Brussels on her new blog bxlsprout .
An enjoyable read and highly recommended if you're looking for good places to eat in Europe's capital city.
5 comments:
for what it's worth, bacon is the greatest thing ever
Oh, as a fellow vegetarian I know the feeling. It wasn't easy going meatless in Belgium, but I managed to find something most of the time. Yes, things sometimes had to go back to the kitchen.
This made me laugh and laugh and laugh. We were in a hotel in N. Germany and I asked for a veggie meal. "You will have the fish," I was told. Um. Okay then.
Ha ha! Yes, bacon is also rampant in German "vegetarian" dishes. They say "Sie wissen schon, für den Geschmack!" - "You know, to give it some taste!"
My in-laws often comment on how little meat they eat - "Oh no, not much meat at all, just liverwurst, bacon and ham." :-)
Bacon ... I missed it so much in Istanbul, Van.
I love the idea of being a vegetarian but I have this thing about meat that I can't quite get over. I hadn't realised how difficult life could be here if you weren't a meat eater, RD.
Hmmm a decisive sounding waiter, Pam.
My eyebrows were up and round the back of my head by the time I read your comment, Christina ... I just didn't realise how tricky it all was :)
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